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La
Casa de Luz
Traditional
Midwife Training Program Highland Guatemala
Dar la luz para vivir
Salud de la
mujeres y bebes
News:
Clinica Mayas Now has its own site. Check it out for more
information :
http://www.clinicasmaya.com/index.php?lng=en
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MIDWIFE
EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM HIGHLAND GUATEMALA |
IN-
HOSPITAL
TRAINING PROGRAM
SOLOLA |
VOLUNTEER
AMBULANCE SERVICE
SAN MARCOS LA LAGUNA |
| OUR
GOALS |
OUR
GOALS |
OUR
GOALS |
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Teach
improved methods for safe obstetrical practices: basis aseptic techniques
& lifesaving skills
Improve
maternal and infant health with education and supervision
Create
health aid by constructing a pilot Midwifery School & NATURALISTIC
Clinic / Birthing Center
Increase
opportunities for education: birth
control, nutrition, prenatal care, and childbirth / etc
Provide
resources for medical services and special needs people
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Minimize
fear when entering hospital
Familiarize
midwives with medical personnel & services
within hospital
Verify
and teach midwife roles and procedures when transporting their patients
Supervise
and teach safe obstetric practices
Increase
opportunities for continuing education
Create
atmosphere for co-operation and execution of safe midwifery practices
Provide
resources for midwives and their patients
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Teach
basic skills for safe handling of emergencies & transport to life
support system
Provide
adequate and affordable transportation for surrounding rural pueblos
Improve
community health with education and supervision
Constructing
a call room for housing ambulance and 24 hour service
Provide
resources for obtaining medical equipment and first aide materials
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Clinica Naturista San Marcos la Laguna Lago Atitlan. Solola, Guatemala
Telephone: (502)-_- 591-0198,
(502)-5-695-2134, (502) - _- 800-9907
E-mail Lacasadeluz@hotmail.com
or clinicasmaya@yahoo.com.mx
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| LA Casa De Luz
LA Case De Luz is a midwifery training program for
indigenous rural midwives in the central highlands of Guatemala, Lake
Atitlan. It's principle goal is to make resources and training
programs accessible to Mayans where the need is greatest. San Marcos
la Laguna is one such rural pueblo threatened by many dangers including
disease, poverty and lack of education.
L a Casa de Luz was formed by a group of concerned
foreign women to help improve the lives and educational opportunities for
the traditional Indigenous Midwives and the families they
attend.
The lack of access to adequately trained health care professions
contributes to Guatemala's high rates of infant and maternal
mortality. Guatemala ranks third in maternal and infant mortality in
the Western world and First in Central America. The Mayan Midwives
provide maternity care for the majority of indigenous women. The midwives
have voiced their need for more skills, continuing education and basic
equipment. |
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San Marcos
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| This project is a first step in a long-term effort to
create a training model and program for midwives that can be used to help
reduce infant mortality rates in Guatemala. With the construction of
the midwifery school, clinic and birthing center, as an integrated
hand-on, academic program La Casa de Luz is helping to revive good
traditional midwifery practices and add the essential Western counter part
for the helth of women and their children |
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The Clinic
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The storehouse of medicines including
many natural from the garden.
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The garden of herbal medicines near
the clinic
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WHAT DOES LA CASA DE LUZ NEED?
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Self Motivated Volunteers in the areas of
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Midwifery,
women and infant health care
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Computer
and secretarial skills
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Fund
raising
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Construction
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Medicinal
plants, uses and cultivating
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Alternative medicine and therapy
Sources of free or low cost
medical supplies & equipment
All
general donations are used to provide needed services and materials
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Monetary
Donations
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$
25 per month will provide
transportation of midwives
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$
50 can purchase needed
class supplies for 3 months
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$
75 will provide basic
midwifery supplies per month
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$
100 pays for medical
referrals for one month
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$
500 supplies basic living
expenses for project director
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$
1,000 sustains
operational costs of the existing clinic for one month
(tax
receipts are gratefully provided)
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WISH
LIST FOR CLINICAS MAYA
SAN
MARCOS LA LAGUNA, SOLOLA ,GUATEMALA |
| MEDICAL
SUPPLIES |
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stethoscopes
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fetascopes,
pinar wooden or plastic horns,
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B/P
cuffs, all sizes
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Digital
thermometers, & basil type cenograde type
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Pregnancy
tests ( need 2,000)
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Otoscope,
hearing testing tools
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Dopplers-
WE NEED DESPERATELY MIN- 4
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Measuring
tapes- midwives
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BULB
SYRINGES- infant suction
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Cord
clamps
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Cord
tying tape- come in rolls
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SUTURES- CAT GUT- 00, 000 and
Reg. types
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SYRINGES-
NEEDLES ALL TYPES
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IV
SUPPLIES-
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BLOOD
DRAW SUPPLIES- butterfly type too
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| INSTRUMENTS |
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SCISSORS-cutting
umbilical cords/round tip/lon
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HEMOS-
long NOSE FOR CLAMPING CORDS
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Stainless
steal bowls for sterilizing midwife tool
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Suture
equipment-
any / all types
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| EQUIPMENT |
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INCUBATOR--PORTABLE
/ for
transporting
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AUTOCLAVE
/ PRESSURE COOKER
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Dopplers-
4 any type ( we are desperate)
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DOP
GEL
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MICROSCOPE
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COPY
MACHINE
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DIGITAL
CAMERA- To download cases of interest
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COMPUTOR
any/all for the office
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BABY
SCALES
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ADULT
SCALES
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BLENDERS-GRINDERS
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O2
EQUIP..REGULATORS,
TANKS, TUBING ANYTHING
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| TEACHING
MATERIALS |
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TEXTBOOKS
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CHARTS
maternity/growth charts etc
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Models-
babies/ pelvices / etc/ skeletons
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ALL
SPANISH MATERIAL
Videos, slides etc
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Note
books, folders pens
pencils paper
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| SUPPLIES |
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4
X 4 ‘ 2 X 2’S
GAUGES TAPE
BUTTERFLY STUFF
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Anti
microbal solutions,
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LIDOCAIN
1 or 2% injectable
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NATURAL BODY PRODUCTS- creams, lotions
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SUN
SCREEN gallons
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SHEETS, FOR THE CLINIC
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OFFICE
STUFF
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| CLOTHES,
SHEETS ETC |
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CLOTHES,
SHEETS ETC
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NEW BORN T’S, DIAPERS, HATS, SOX, BLANKETS
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CHILDRENS
JEANS, T-SHIRTS,
SHOES…TENNIS
- SHEETS
AND BLANKETS
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BIOGRAPHY
Cindy
Waterman is a dedicated midwife-nurse (RN) providing health services for
indigenous families in the Lake Atitlan area of Guatemala.
She is an American
Registered Nurse working in the Central Highland communities of Guatemala.
For 30 years she has been working with women’s healthcare,
specializing in midwifery. For
the last seven years, she has worked with Mayan communities.
Her experiences include;
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In
the pueblo of San Marcos la Laguna she is the director of a health
clinic, trainer of local midwives in current obstetrical practices
& family health educator
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In
Mexico, she was the co-founder of a training program for Traditional
Mayan Midwives and an OB/GYN – Pediatric clinic for local community
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In
Arkansas. she was a co-founder of Ark.
Association of Midwives &
a natural birth clinic with a team of doctors
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As
a midwife, she has attended 800 births, 60% being in the home
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